I am a new Mac Mini owner, but I'm not new to OS X, as I have four other systems, including a Powermac G5 that casts its shadow over my newest addition.

My Mini hasn't been more than a day in my house and I already have MediaCentral installed along with some of the media I would like to use.

The problem:

So far, my attempts to connect my Mini to my 27" CRT via the DVI to S-video/Composite dongle have all failed. I've installed both the ATI Displays program, and DisplayConfigX and both run when I am connected to my 17" Syncmaster monitor. I've also installed a VNC program so I can control my Mini without a monitor, as well as have it connected to the TV in the event that I can get it to work.

When I try to launch either application while connected to my TV, they "Unexpectidly Quit" and ask for a relaunch, which fails. I've tried using both S-Video, and Composite, as well as changing the resolution in Displays.